TWiV 807: The shot yearned ’round the world with Chadi Saad-Roy and Caroline Wagner

Chadi and Caroline join TWiV to describe the potential epidemiological and evolutionary impacts of vaccine nationalism, and their modeling which emphasizes the importance of rapid equitable vaccine distribution for global control of the pandemic.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit and Brianne Barker

Guests: Chadi Saad-Roy and Caroline Wagner

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Weekly Picks 1:24:28

Dickson –  Ernie Kovaks-Nairobi Trio
Brianne – XKCD Summarizes this Episode
Rich – Texas Coronavirus Antibody REsponse Survey (CARES) (Dashboard)
Vincent – Elmer Pfefferkorn

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Catherine – A Life on Our Planet
Attila – How to improve your chances of nudging the vaccine hesitant away from hesitancy and toward vaccination

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TWiV 806: COVID-19 clinical update #80 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #80, Daniel Griffin reviews infections in children, masking, testing to limit transmission, high barrier for monoclonal antibody escape, are boosters needed, use of steroids, grants for long COVID, and how the pandemic unfolds in Africa.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello

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TWiV 805: Delta and boosters

The TWiVotopes review current evidence which does not show the need for widespread COVID-19 booster vaccination, and results of experiments to examine the replication and immune evasion of the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:19:27

Brianne – Sloan Foundation Theater
Kathy – COVID vaccines work, even if you don’t have side effects lay article  primary article
Rich – Science Alone Can’t Heal a Sick Society by Jay S. Kaufman
Vincent – Sandra Black SciArt

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Ruth – Radio Lento podcast

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TWiV 804: A tangled web of viruses with Mya Breitbart

Virus hunter Mya Breitbart joins TWiV to describe her laboratory’s work on viruses in spiders, insects, millipedes, freshwater springs, seawater, plants, human feces and much more.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Dickson Despommier

Guest: Mya Breitbart

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Weekly Picks 1:32:29

Dickson – Official-Droodles-Home
Alan – The 31st First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony video (and the text version)
Vincent – Biden’s federal and business vaccine mandates

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Anonymous – The Ivermectin Episode – Behind the Bastards

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TWiV 803: COVID-19 clinical update #79 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #79, Daniel Griffin discusses clinical management guidelines, ER visits and hospitalization among children, infection and vaccine induced seroprevalence in the US, antibodies in Kenyan blood donors, infections after vaccination, anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis, baracitinib efficacy, long-term symptoms in adults, and sustained symptoms after severe disease.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello

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TWiV 802: Another epitope with Shane Crotty

Shane Crotty returns to TWiV to review the immunology of COVID-19, including differences between infection and vaccination, increased breadth of antibodies after infection followed by vaccination, the roles of T cells, and whether booster vaccinations are needed.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

Guest: Shane Crotty

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Weekly Picks 1:28:15

Brianne – How the cat gets its stripes
Kathy – Kurzgesagt on Giruses (giant viruses) and beautiful APOD
Rich – The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire; Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle
Vincent – Two Top F.D.A. Vaccine Regulators Are Set to Depart During a Crucial Period

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Debby – River Runner
Lin – Your Vaccinated Immune System Is Ready for Breakthroughs

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TWiV 801: We can hear the coffin

The meteorologicomaniacs discuss the COVID-19 pandemic global death toll, effectiveness of vaccines against the delta variant, and how analysis of ancient viral DNA reveals that two pathogenic human viruses were brought into Mexico during the transatlantic slave trade.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Pick 1:37:54

Dickson – Victor Borge, Phonetic Punctuation
Brianne – Cat TV
Rich – Cochrane review: Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID‐19
Alan – Cockpit video of flying into Oshkosh
Vincent – Medical News Network Morning Medical Update

Listener Picks

Jody – Human Body Theatre and Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield

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TWiV 800: COVID-19 clinical update #78 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

In COVID-19 clinical update #78, Daniel Griffin covers ivermectin, convalescent plasma, disease in pregnant women, children and COVID, delta outbreak in an elementary school, validation of at-home antigen test, shedding in infected vaccinated people, mRNA vaccine antibody responses compared, AZD7442, fluvoxamine, one year outcomes in hospitalized patients, and post-vaccination disease.

Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello

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TWiV 799: A very model of a modern TWiV

TWiV reviews models for determining correlates of neutralizing antibody protection against COVID-19, and for identifying key vector and host species that drive transmission of zoonotic pathogens.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Weekly Picks 1:58:07

Brianne – A microscopic video shows the coronavirus on the rampage
Kathy – Sabin Oral Sundays in Cuyahoga County, 1962
Rich – The Continuing COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Issues and Glimpse Into the Future
Vincent – Demand Surges for Deworming Drug for Covid, Despite Scant Evidence It Works

Listener Picks

Ronald – Immunity to COVID-19 could last longer than you’d think
Agnes – Space Shuttle Prints

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TWiV 798: Rats, more coronaviruses!

The TWiV team explains what the Biden report on SARS-CoV-2 origins did not: evidence that the virus came from Nature, not a lab; and reveals new coronaviruses in rodents that inhabit populated areas in southern China.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Weekly Picks 1:32:46

Dickson – The Brilliant Abyss by Helen Scales
Kathy – Solar System ball drop
Rich – Dr. Fox effect
Alan – Patty Wagstaff virtual airshow cockpit video
Vincent – Office Hours

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Karen – The Dog Will See You Now
Alicia – Bio-Rad GTCA Song

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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